[PATCH 4.4 069/100] x86/mitigations: Clear CPU buffers on the SYSCALL fast path

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Wed Apr 22 2020 - 07:01:08 EST


From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

The fast SYSCALL exit path returns with SYSRET to userspace after
verifying that there's no pending work. MDS mitigation mandates that CPU
buffers must be cleared on transition from kernel to userspace so do
that here too.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 2 ++
arch/x86/include/asm/spec-ctrl.h | 2 ++
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath:
testl $_TIF_ALLWORK_MASK, ASM_THREAD_INFO(TI_flags, %rsp, SIZEOF_PTREGS)
jnz int_ret_from_sys_call_irqs_off /* Go to the slow path */

+ call mds_user_clear_buffers
+
movq RIP(%rsp), %rcx
movq EFLAGS(%rsp), %r11
RESTORE_C_REGS_EXCEPT_RCX_R11
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spec-ctrl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spec-ctrl.h
@@ -85,4 +85,6 @@ static inline void speculative_store_byp
extern void speculation_ctrl_update(unsigned long tif);
extern void speculation_ctrl_update_current(void);

+extern void mds_user_clear_buffers(void);
+
#endif
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -263,6 +263,11 @@ static int __init mds_cmdline(char *str)
}
early_param("mds", mds_cmdline);

+void mds_user_clear_buffers(void)
+{
+ mds_user_clear_cpu_buffers();
+}
+
#undef pr_fmt
#define pr_fmt(fmt) "TAA: " fmt